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Type 5385
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	Ῥητορικῆς φιλέω τρεῖς ἀστέρας, οὕνεκα μοῦνοι
	πάντων ῥητήρων εἰσὶν ἀρειότεροι·
	σεῖο πόνους φιλέω, Δημόσθενες· εἰμὶ δὲ λίην
	καὶ φιλαριστείδης καὶ φιλοθουκυδίδης.

Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 472-473
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Thomas Scholasticos
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Demosthenes of Athenai < Attike < Greece (384 BC - 322 BC) Publius Aelius Aristides of Hadrianotherae < Asia Minor < Turkey (117 - 181) Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author
Translation(s)	I love three stars of Rhetoric, because they alone are the best of all rhetoricians. I love thy works, Demosthenes, but I am also a great lover of both Aristides and Thucydides. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 349 Trois étoiles de l'éloquence que j'adore pour leur excellence, unique chez les orateurs: j'aime tes oeuvres, Démosthène, d'Aristide je suis amateur passionné, amateur aussi de Thucydide. Language French Source(s) F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 198 In der redenden Kunst sind lieb mir drei sterne; denn über sämtliche Redner hinaus strahlen nur diese voll Glanz. Darum lieb ich dein Werk, Demosthenes; darum auch bin ich des Aristeides so sehr wie des Thukydides Freund. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 471
Bibliography	Primary F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 198 W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 348-349
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22244] ῥητορικῆς φιλέω τρεῖς ἀστέρας, οὕνεκα μοῦνοι [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 420 (coll. 860) [14th c.] (f. 15r) (4 verses) [22247] ῥητορικῆς φιλέω τρεῖς ἀστέρας, οὕνεκα μοῦνοι [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 424 (coll. 759) [14th c.] (f. 2v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, XVI.315 Vassis ICB 2005, 661: "Thomas Scholast., In Demosthenem, Aristidem et Thucydidem"
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